Drenthe

Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands that is located in the northeast of the country, with Assen serving as its capital and Emmen being its largest city. The region was owned by the Bishopric of Utrecht, the Habsburg Netherlands, the United Provinces, the Batavian Republic, and the Netherlands at different times in history, having become an official province in 1796. Apart from the cities of Assen and Emmen, Drenthe is almost entirely rural. In 2017, Drenthe had a population of 497,867 people.